On 23 April 1994 the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway Association ran a special train, The Lifeboat Express, in aid of RNLI funds.. - View image in PDF
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Mrs Irene Lamont, former president of the Lerwick ladies lifeboat guild. She was chairman of the reformed Grimsby ladies guild from 1964 until 1983 and was awarded a Silver badge in 1982..
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After weeks of torrential rain it seemed almost a miracle that the sun was shining on 8 August for the naming ceremony of Tighnabruaich's new Atlantic 75.. - View image in PDF
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Douglas may have changed since Sir William Hillary's time, but it is still home to an RNLI lifeboat and the cradle of the Institution.. - View image in PDF
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JUNE 14TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the men had been rescued by minesweepers and R.A.F. rescue boats. - Rewards, £26 14s. 3d..
JUNE 17TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. Red stars fired from the surface of the sea had been reported, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £7 10s..
OCTOBER 24TH. - ABERDEEN. An aeroplane had caught fire and come down in the sea, but the airman was picked up by a naval vessel. - Rewards, £14 11s. 6d..
MAY 3 l ST. - MARGATE, KENT. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, three miles south-east of Ramsgate, but the life-boat found nothing. - Rewards, £12 18s..
JUNE 11TH. - DOVER, KENT. At 4.25 P.M. a message was received from the duty staff officer at Dover that a boat was drifting four miles off the Port War Signal Station, and might have people on board. A fresh W.S.W. wind was blowing, with a...
JUNE 7TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 10.28 P.M. a message was received at the life-boathouse from the Royal Engineers Signals at Princes Golf Club, that a vessel near there was showing flares, and at 10.45 P.M. another message came from the...